A man saved a bear, and a few years later she brought her children to his home (8 photos)

The black bear species is called the black bear and is the most common on the North American continent. They are smaller in size than brown bears, but an adult can weigh up to 300 kg.





Black bears prefer wooded areas, but sometimes live in the mountains or near swamps. The dark color of the fur of this species is predominant, but sometimes you can find black bears with a light gray, brown or even cream color.



Black bears are distinguished by their courage, high intelligence and excellent memory. They are good at climbing trees, and after hibernation they can easily remember the location of a clearing with tasty raspberries or the place of a large fish catch. If necessary, a black bear can even fight a pack of wolves or a much larger grizzly bear, but when meeting a person, he usually prefers to flee.

This unusual story, which we will talk about today, happened to a man named Patrick Conley during a winter walk in the forest. The man and his dog were twenty minutes away from home when they came across a black bear that looked exhausted and emaciated. Patrick was surprised to see the black bear awake, as this is the time when bears usually hibernate. He assumed that the animal was unlucky in choosing a place to spend the winter, and decided to help the clubfoot stranger.





First of all, Patrick decided to feed the bear, for which he had to go home for fish and fruit, which the bear appreciated and ate with pleasure. But Patrick had a "roof over his head", and the bear did not, so the man decided to build his new friend a canopy to protect him from the weather, and also made a warm bedding out of hay.

Patrick was very worried about the bear, so he came to visit him in his improvised "den" during the first few days. After making sure that the animal had safely gone into hibernation, the man decided not to disturb the bear until spring.

But the story doesn't end there. Three years later, Patrick heard a strange noise in the yard of his house. Looking out the window, he found an adult black bear with several cubs on his porch. Patrick realized that this was the same animal that he had saved earlier in the forest, and she had come to him to show him her children as a token of gratitude.



Patrick carefully left the house to treat the unexpected guests with berries and fruits. He met the cubs and played with them for a while, and then they went back into the forest with their mother.



Since then, the bear has been visiting the man more often, and the trust between the man and the animal has grown every day. Patrick named the bear Simone, always left treats for her in the yard, often spent time with the cubs and filmed all the members of the bear family during the funniest and most touching moments.



The cubs grew quickly, and interacting with them became a significant part of Patrick's life. The little fidgets happily explored the yard, climbed trees and the railings of the veranda, which became a kind of playground for them.



Patrick's friends who came to visit him were surprised by his friendship with the bears and the fact that the mother bear felt at home, calmly allowing the man to play with her cubs. Sometimes she even left the cubs under the supervision of the man, and she herself went into the forest for food. The fact is that female black bears often raise their babies together with other females, and since the man proved his kindness by saving the mother, she probably decided to accept him into her "pack".



After some time, the cubs grew up, but did not forget the way to Patrick's house, and still come to visit him to play and chat. We hope that the story of this amazing friendship will last as long as possible.

But we strongly advise against repeating this man's experience! Feeding wild predators is dangerous to life. Both yours and other people's.